Thomas Brasch
Thomas Brasch (19 February 1945 – 3 November 2001) was a German author, poet and film director.
Life
Born in
Volksbühne Berlin,[2] and studied dramaturgy at the film school Babelsberg afterwards. In 1968, he was relegated and sentenced to two years and three months in prison for "anti-state agitation", because of the protest against the invasion of Czechoslovakia.[3][2] In 1971, after being a miller in a Berlin factory, he worked in the Brecht archive and was then freelance writer. In 1976, after protesting against Wolf Biermann's expatriation, he moved to West Germany.[2]
Brasch was in a relationship with the actress Katharina Thalbach.[2][4]
Brasch died in Berlin on 3 November 2001.[5]
UK productions
In May 2012, Brasch's play Lovely Rita was performed in English for the first time in the Warwick Arts Centre.[6]
US productions
In November 1976, Brasch's theatre piece Paper Tiger was performed in English for the first time at the 4th International Bertolt Brecht Conference in Austin, Texas,[7] with music composed by Raymond Benson. Benson subsequently directed an off-off-Broadway production of the musical in New York, New York, in September 1980.[8]
Awards
- 1981
- 1987 Kleist Prize[10]
Publications
- "Sie geht, sie geht nicht", play, 1970
- "Das beispielhafte Leben und der Tod des Peter Göring", play, with Lothar Trolle, 1971
- "Galileo Galilei – Papst Urban VIII.", play, with Lothar Trolle, 1972
- "Der Schweinehirt. Die wilden Schwäne", two radio plays by Hans Christian Andersen, Berlin 1975
- "Vom dicken Herrn Bell, der das Telefon erfunden hat", radio play, Berlin 1974
- "Herr Geiler", play, 1974
- "Lovely Rita", play, 1975
- "Poesiealbum 89", Berlin 1975
- "Die argentinische Nacht", comedy based on Oswaldo Dragún, Berlin 1975
- "Vor den Vätern sterben die Söhne", prose, Berlin 1977[1]
- "Kargo. 32. Versuch auf einem untergehenden Schiff aus der eigenen Haut zu fahren", Frankfurt (Main) 1977
- "Rotter. Und weiter. Ein Tagebuch, ein Stück, eine Aufführung.", Frankfurt (Main) 1978
- "Der schöne 27. September", poetry, Frankfurt (Main) 1980
- "Engel aus Eisen", book based on film, Frankfurt (Main) 1981
- "Der König vor dem Fotoapparat", children's book, Olten 1981
- "Domino", book based on film, Frankfurt (Main) 1982
- "Anton Tschechows Stücke", translated by Thomas Brasch, Frankfurt (Main) 1985
- "Lovely Rita, Lieber Georg, Mercedes", play, Berlin 1988
- "Lovely Rita, Rotter, Lieber Georg", play, Frankfurt (Main) 1989
- "Frauen Krieg Lustspiel", play, Frankfurt (Main) 1989
- "Drei Wünsche, sagte der Golem", poetry, prose and play, Leipzig 1990
- "Mädchenmörder Brunke", prose, Frankfurt (Main) 1999
- "Liebe Macht Tod", parts and materials, Frankfurt (Main) 2002
- "Shakespeare-Übersetzungen", Frankfurt (Main) 2002
- "Wer durch mein Leben will, muß durch mein Zimmer", poetry, Frankfurt (Main) 2002
- "Was ich mir wünsche", poetry, Frankfurt (Main) 2007
- "Du einsamer, du schöner Wicht", audio book, read by Katharina Thalbach and Anna Thalbach, Hoffmann&Campe 2007
Filmography
- 1981 – Bayerischer Filmpreis. His acceptance speech was controversial, since Brasch explicitly thanked the Filmhochschule der DDR for his education.
- 1982 – Domino – Director and screenwriter (with Katharina Thalbach, Bernhard Wicki, Hanns Zischler, Anne Bennent, Manfred Karge, Ilse Pagé, Klaus Pohl , Peter Brombacher, Julia Lindig)
- 1985 – Mercedes – Director and screenwriter. Filming for Dutch broadcaster VPRO (with Jan Eijkelboom, Annet Kouwenhoven and Titus Muizelaar)
- 1988 – Der Passagier – Welcome to Germany – Director, screenwriter with Jurek Becker (with Tony Curtis, Katharina Thalbach, Birol Ünel, Matthias Habich, Karin Baal, Charles Régnier, Ursula Andermatt and George Tabori)
Films about Thomas Brasch
- 1977 – Annäherung an Thomas Brasch, Director: Georg Stefan Troller
- 2005 – Skizze Thomas Brasch, Director: Christoph Rüter
- 2021 – Dear Thomas, Director: Andreas Kleinert[11][12][13]
References
- ^ a b "Thomas Brasch auf suhrkamp.de". Suhrkamp Verlag (in German). 16 June 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Thomas Brasch – Biografie". Deutsches Filmhaus (in German). 28 July 2007. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ a b Pilz, Michael (15 August 2018). "Ich danke der DDR". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ "Die Thalbachs – eine deutsch-deutsche Theaterfamilie". Goethe-Institut (in German). 15 October 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ "BRASCH – WORDS OF WANT, WORDS OF FEAR – Films". german-documentaries.de. 3 November 2001. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ "Warwick Arts Centre Summer 2012". Issuu. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ "Brasch, Thomas". Der Papiertiger (in German). Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ "author bio – Raymond Benson". BondFanEvents.com. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ Bayrischer Filmpreis
- ^ "Heinrich-von-Kleist-Gesellschaft: Kleist-Preisträger". Kleist-Museum (in German). Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ ‘Dear Thomas’: Tallinn Review by Demetrios Matheou, December 1, 2021.
- ^ Dear Thomas Reviewed by: Amber Wilkinson, 30 Nov 2021.
- ^ ""Lieber Thomas": Kinofilm erinnert an Thomas Brasch". NDR.de (in German). 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thomas Brasch.
- Thomas Brasch at IMDb
- 1981 Bavarian Film Awards Video on YouTube
- Hempel, Ulrike (21 February 2008). "Katharina Thalbach: "Thomas war ein wildes Tier"". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 28 March 2022. The director Katharina Thalbach remembers Thomas Brasch in ZEIT September 2008.
- Suschke, Stephan (25 January 2008). "Von den Frauen geliebt, von der Stasi überwacht und vom eigenen Vater angezeigt. Der Dichter Thomas Brasch und das Jahr 1968: Der Unbeugsame". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 28 March 2022.